Skip the gizmos and gadgets! This is our list of easy, fun activities you can do at home with your kids at home.
The kids are at home. They’ve played with every, single toy. There’s trucks across the loungeroom floor, dolls all over the couch. You’ve had a snack, two snack even, and it’s only 10am. What now?
Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with 30 easy, fun, screen-free activities. Most of these activities require minimal preparation, and can be done using things you probably have stored away in your cupboard or pantry.
- Pitch a tent in your loungeroom or backyard
- Make a cubby house underneath the kitchen table
- Crank up the music, and have a dance party in your living room
- Play hide and seek
- Make pizza with homemade dough
- Play musical statues
- Search the house for items you can make music with, some ideas are pots, wooden spoons, cans and spoons
- Bake cupcakes and set up a DIY decorating station
- Blow up balloons and draw faces on them
- Throw balloons in the air and try not to let them touch the ground
- Play hopscotch
- Draw on the driveway with chalk
- Spin around until your dizzy
- Play follow the leader with crazy dance moves
- Get outside and play soccer, cricket or tag
- Build a play dough castle, and decorate it
- Paint on the fence with water
- Fill a tub and test whether items around the house float or sink
- Trace the outline of items. You could use leaves and flowers from the garden, cutlery, your hands and feet
- Make paper aeroplanes and see how far they fly
- Grab a roll of butchers paper, spread it across the floor and draw
- Read your favourite books
- Make a treasure map
- Share photos from your childhood
- Share your favourite song from your childhood
- Make up a story starting with “Once upon a time”
- Build a town from wooden blocks, or Lego
- Rake together leaves or grass clippings and stomp through them
- Get the dress-up box out and put on a play
- Draw the blinds and make shadow puppets
